On 2009-01-07, at 01:00, JF Mezei wrote:
Northern communities in Canada's arctic rely exclusively on satellite for voice/data.
Ditto most Pacific Island nations...
Not a lot of data flowing comparatively, but it is their only option soit is more of a "mission critical" thing than a backup.
... although most Pacific Islanders I have met who are not on cable routes are somewhat tolerant about multi-week outages, perhaps because the alternative to tolerance is not obvious.
Joe
